Maldon Primary School
Ofsted: GoodAcademy sponsor led · Primary
Maldon · CM9 5DQ · Essex
Ages 4–11
- KS250%
- Absence7.8%
- FSM50.3%
1.2 miles away
OpenPrimaryOfsted: GoodURN 138994
Heybridge Primary School
Academy sponsor led · Maldon · CM9 4TU
Ages 2–11 · 428 pupils · Essex
Ofsted
Good
KS2 expected (RWM)
34%
Overall absence
7.5%
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Good
Inspection date
2023-01-19
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
Expected standard (RWM)34%
Higher standard (RWM)4%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 102.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 101.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 102.0
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence7.5%
Persistent absence (10%+)23.7%
Unauthorised3.0%
- Authorised absence
- 4.6%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 1.9%
- Enrolments in measure
- 359
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill102%
428 pupils · 420 places
- Pupils on roll
- 428
- Boys / girls
- 204 / 224
- School capacity
- 420
- Capacity fill
- 428 / 420 (102%)
- Free school meals
- 33.8%
- FSM pupils
- 127
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
Age range
Ages 2–11
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
2 / 6
- NurseryHas Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Governance
- Academy trust: THE KEMNAL ACADEMIES TRUST
- Academy trust
- THE KEMNAL ACADEMIES TRUST
- Sponsor
- The Kemnal Academies Trust
- Headteacher
- Ms Emma Speller
Location
- Address
- Rowan Drive, Heybridge
- Postcode
- CM9 4TU
- Town
- Maldon
- County
- Essex
- Local authority
- Essex
- District
- Maldon
- Constituency
- Maldon
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed academy sponsor led (primary), Ages 2–11, in Maldon, Essex, 428 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: nursery, academy, non-selective admissions. Free school meals: 33.8%.
Nearby primary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
St Francis Catholic Primary School, Maldon
Ofsted: School remains GoodVoluntary aided school · Primary
Maldon · CM9 6HN · Essex
Ages 4–11
- KS271%
- Absence6.1%
- FSM11.7%
1.3 miles away
All Saints Maldon Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
Ofsted: School remains GoodVoluntary controlled school · Primary
Maldon · CM9 6HY · Essex
Ages 4–11
- KS258%
- Absence5.5%
- FSM22.8%
1.5 miles away
Wentworth Primary School
Ofsted: School remains GoodCommunity school · Primary
Maldon · CM9 6JN · Essex
Ages 4–11
- KS271%
- Absence4.5%
- FSM15.1%
1.8 miles away
Free schools · Primary
Maldon · CM9 6NE · Essex
Ages 2–11
- FSM11.8%
2.3 miles away
Great Totham Primary School
Ofsted: School remains GoodFoundation school · Primary
Maldon · CM9 8PN · Essex
Ages 4–11
- KS272%
- Absence3.6%
- FSM6.7%
2.4 miles away
Contact
- Headteacher
- Ms Emma Speller
- Telephone
- 01621854082